Matthew 27:45

The Passion Translation

For three hours, beginning at noon, a sudden and unexpected darkness came over the earth.

Cross References

Isaiah 50:3

I dress the sky with darkness and shroud it with sackcloth.”

Revelation 9:2

He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit and a blanket of smoke began to rise out of it, like the smoke of a giant furnace. The sun and the atmosphere were darkened with the smoke rising from the shaft.

Mark 15:25

It was nine o’clock in the morning when they finally crucified him.

Revelation 8:12

The fourth angel sounded his trumpet and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light was darkened, and there was no light for a third of the day and likewise the night.

John 19:14

And it was now almost noon. And it was the same day they were preparing to slay the Passover lambs. Then Pilate said to the Jewish officials, “Look! Here is your king!”

Acts 3:1

One afternoon Peter and John went to the temple for the three o’clock prayer.